conyugicidio

Spanish

Etymology

From cónyuge +‎ -cidio.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /konʝuxiˈθidjo/ [kõɲ.ɟ͡ʝu.xiˈθi.ð̞jo] (Spain)
  • IPA(key): /konʝuxiˈsidjo/ [kõɲ.ɟ͡ʝu.xiˈsi.ð̞jo] (most of Latin America, Philippines)
 
  • IPA(key): /konʃuxiˈsidjo/ [kõnʲ.ʃu.xiˈsi.ð̞jo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /konʒuxiˈsidjo/ [kõnʲ.ʒu.xiˈsi.ð̞jo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

  • Rhymes: -idjo
  • Syllabification: con‧yu‧gi‧ci‧dio

Noun

conyugicidio m (plural conyugicidios)

  1. the murder of one by one's spouse; a mariticide or uxoricide

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